onefineelephant 's review for:

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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9/10. This book had me yearning, crying, and laughing so it was a big success. The only thing I'm taking points off for was the disordered eating to lose weight for the wedding in the first third of the book. It was unnecessary and felt icky to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol